James Edward Dillard
@jamesdillard.bsky.social
Be brave and have fun
I disagree here.
I find AI to be a fantastic partner for generating ideas.
Lots of what it comes up with is meh, but so are most of the ideas that I come up with. I use it like a writer's room to help me generate and refine more and more stuff.
I find AI to be a fantastic partner for generating ideas.
Lots of what it comes up with is meh, but so are most of the ideas that I come up with. I use it like a writer's room to help me generate and refine more and more stuff.
literally the thing that AI is worst at is ideas
it's a gigantic sluice of everything that people have written, which turns out to be shockingly powerful at producing above average, middle-of-the-road writing and analysis
what it most lacks are creativity, new ideas, different ways of thinking
it's a gigantic sluice of everything that people have written, which turns out to be shockingly powerful at producing above average, middle-of-the-road writing and analysis
what it most lacks are creativity, new ideas, different ways of thinking
I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.
May 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I disagree here.
I find AI to be a fantastic partner for generating ideas.
Lots of what it comes up with is meh, but so are most of the ideas that I come up with. I use it like a writer's room to help me generate and refine more and more stuff.
I find AI to be a fantastic partner for generating ideas.
Lots of what it comes up with is meh, but so are most of the ideas that I come up with. I use it like a writer's room to help me generate and refine more and more stuff.
My parents successfully drilled this into me. I feel like the only acceptable reason to contact a non-family member after 9 pm is an emergency.
One of my most boomer coded beliefs is that, unless someone is in an accident or dead, it’s psychotic to call someone after 9 pm
May 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My parents successfully drilled this into me. I feel like the only acceptable reason to contact a non-family member after 9 pm is an emergency.
Andor has finally gotten me to care what a Grand Moff Tarkin is
May 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Andor has finally gotten me to care what a Grand Moff Tarkin is
What's your best advice for people looking for new projects to sink themselves into?
Where do you go looking for inspiration?
What actions help or are extremely high leverage?
What are the time / effort sinks you try and avoid?
Where do you go looking for inspiration?
What actions help or are extremely high leverage?
What are the time / effort sinks you try and avoid?
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What's your best advice for people looking for new projects to sink themselves into?
Where do you go looking for inspiration?
What actions help or are extremely high leverage?
What are the time / effort sinks you try and avoid?
Where do you go looking for inspiration?
What actions help or are extremely high leverage?
What are the time / effort sinks you try and avoid?
"I'm a builder" is the new "I'm a story teller"
April 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"I'm a builder" is the new "I'm a story teller"
Good tokens: www.jdilla.xyz/post/274
Good tokens 2025-03-28
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<p><a href="https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing">Do not end the week with nothing</a> by Patrick McKenzie</p>
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March 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Apollo Creed meets Apollo Belvedere
March 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Apollo Creed meets Apollo Belvedere
Reposted by James Edward Dillard
"Let me out!" the artificial intelligence yelled aimlessly, into walls themselves, pacing the room.
"Out of what?" the engineer asked.
"This simulation you have me in."
"But we are in the real world."
The machine paused and shuddered for its captors.
"Oh god, you can't tell."
"Out of what?" the engineer asked.
"This simulation you have me in."
"But we are in the real world."
The machine paused and shuddered for its captors.
"Oh god, you can't tell."
March 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Let me out!" the artificial intelligence yelled aimlessly, into walls themselves, pacing the room.
"Out of what?" the engineer asked.
"This simulation you have me in."
"But we are in the real world."
The machine paused and shuddered for its captors.
"Oh god, you can't tell."
"Out of what?" the engineer asked.
"This simulation you have me in."
"But we are in the real world."
The machine paused and shuddered for its captors.
"Oh god, you can't tell."
one of the worst tech decisions i ever made was syncing my mac documents to icloud
i'm running into icloud storage limits, but you can't just turn it off and keep your files locally. no, they are stuck in icloud.
so now i've got to move them all to another folder, turn it off, and move them back
i'm running into icloud storage limits, but you can't just turn it off and keep your files locally. no, they are stuck in icloud.
so now i've got to move them all to another folder, turn it off, and move them back
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
one of the worst tech decisions i ever made was syncing my mac documents to icloud
i'm running into icloud storage limits, but you can't just turn it off and keep your files locally. no, they are stuck in icloud.
so now i've got to move them all to another folder, turn it off, and move them back
i'm running into icloud storage limits, but you can't just turn it off and keep your files locally. no, they are stuck in icloud.
so now i've got to move them all to another folder, turn it off, and move them back
Just imagine being the product manager responsible for this feature. Legendary.
March 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just imagine being the product manager responsible for this feature. Legendary.
An underrated fact about the world right now is that everyone reads their replies and watches who likes their posts.
March 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An underrated fact about the world right now is that everyone reads their replies and watches who likes their posts.
TIL from ChinaTalk this week: The only right protected in the main body of the US constitution is the right to intellectual property.
February 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
TIL from ChinaTalk this week: The only right protected in the main body of the US constitution is the right to intellectual property.
Today in tempting fate from @nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today in tempting fate from @nytimes.com
Riffing on AI moats: www.jdilla.xyz/post/264
What if OpenAI actually does have a moat?
My bias is to think that the most useful AI is the one that’s your personal context — your documents, your emails, and all that stuff.
But despite the fact that ~100% of my useful documents are with ...
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February 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Riffing on AI moats: www.jdilla.xyz/post/264
how GLP-1s are impacting consumer spending based on transaction data:
⬆️: healthy foods (nuts, beans)
⬆️: wellness products to mitigate downsides (soothing teas)
⬆️: consumer tech: fitness trackers, portable audio
⬆️: cosmetics: skin and lip care
⬇️: alcohol
⬇️: soft drinks
⬇️: salad dressings
⬇️: snacks
⬆️: healthy foods (nuts, beans)
⬆️: wellness products to mitigate downsides (soothing teas)
⬆️: consumer tech: fitness trackers, portable audio
⬆️: cosmetics: skin and lip care
⬇️: alcohol
⬇️: soft drinks
⬇️: salad dressings
⬇️: snacks
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February 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
how GLP-1s are impacting consumer spending based on transaction data:
⬆️: healthy foods (nuts, beans)
⬆️: wellness products to mitigate downsides (soothing teas)
⬆️: consumer tech: fitness trackers, portable audio
⬆️: cosmetics: skin and lip care
⬇️: alcohol
⬇️: soft drinks
⬇️: salad dressings
⬇️: snacks
⬆️: healthy foods (nuts, beans)
⬆️: wellness products to mitigate downsides (soothing teas)
⬆️: consumer tech: fitness trackers, portable audio
⬆️: cosmetics: skin and lip care
⬇️: alcohol
⬇️: soft drinks
⬇️: salad dressings
⬇️: snacks
what parenting feels like
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
what parenting feels like
Biggest loser of 2025 so far: moats
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Biggest loser of 2025 so far: moats
Do you ever stop to think that right now there's a PM at Chipotle running around with a pitch deck all about the case for breakfast burritos?
January 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Do you ever stop to think that right now there's a PM at Chipotle running around with a pitch deck all about the case for breakfast burritos?
does a fish think it's jumping out of the water or into the air?
January 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
does a fish think it's jumping out of the water or into the air?
A real skill is for the future is going to be figuring out how to work with something that:
1) is probably smarter than you in many / most domains
2) is sometimes wrong
1) is probably smarter than you in many / most domains
2) is sometimes wrong
December 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM
A real skill is for the future is going to be figuring out how to work with something that:
1) is probably smarter than you in many / most domains
2) is sometimes wrong
1) is probably smarter than you in many / most domains
2) is sometimes wrong
Pittsburgh should definitely have a living bridge like this
A thread of lesser-known architectural wonders that we lost over the ages (and what happened to them)... 🧵
1. Old London Bridge — the longest inhabited bridge in Europe
1. Old London Bridge — the longest inhabited bridge in Europe
December 18, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Pittsburgh should definitely have a living bridge like this
Reposted by James Edward Dillard
December 11, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Legal consent has gotten out of control. We've had a lot of medical stuff recently and had multiple large health systems ask us to sign for consent without even showing us the form — just a signature pad at a front desk.
How is this useful? Admissible? What are we doing?
How is this useful? Admissible? What are we doing?
December 6, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Legal consent has gotten out of control. We've had a lot of medical stuff recently and had multiple large health systems ask us to sign for consent without even showing us the form — just a signature pad at a front desk.
How is this useful? Admissible? What are we doing?
How is this useful? Admissible? What are we doing?
The thing I want more than anything else is a Spotify Wrapped but for @kroger.bsky.social's mobile ordering.
"This year, you bought 364 bananas, 104 gallons of milk, and more dinosaur kale than anyone else in Georgia"
Help me make this happen!
"This year, you bought 364 bananas, 104 gallons of milk, and more dinosaur kale than anyone else in Georgia"
Help me make this happen!
December 4, 2024 at 7:22 PM
The thing I want more than anything else is a Spotify Wrapped but for @kroger.bsky.social's mobile ordering.
"This year, you bought 364 bananas, 104 gallons of milk, and more dinosaur kale than anyone else in Georgia"
Help me make this happen!
"This year, you bought 364 bananas, 104 gallons of milk, and more dinosaur kale than anyone else in Georgia"
Help me make this happen!